Windows 10: The SETTINGS icon doesn't appear in taskbar when SETTINGS app is open

All of a sudden, my Settings icon no longer appears in the taskbar when I open the Settings app as seen in the image link below:


https://i.imgur.com/v83WRhB.png


What is going on and how do I get it back? This is bothering me much more than it should.


The only recent thing I did was uninstall Dopamine (a music player app) and reinstall it. I've done this before with no issues before now.

• Windows 10 Home
• vers 1903
• OS build 18362.239

YES, I've restarted to see if that corrects the issue. It doesn't.

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The SETTINGS icon doesn't appear in taskbar when SETTINGS app is open

All of a sudden, my Settings icon no longer appears in the taskbar when I open the Settings app as seen in the image link below:

https://i.imgur.com/v83WRhB.png

What is going on and how do I get it back? This is bothering me much more than it should.

The only recent thing I did was uninstall
Dopamine (a music player app) and reinstall it. I've done this before with no issues before now.

• Windows 10 Home
• vers 1903
• OS build 18362.239

YES, I've restarted to see if that corrects the issue. It doesn't.

 

Taskbar Icons Display Settings List

When I right-click the taskbar and select Taskbar settings and then choose "Select which icons appear on the taskbar", the app displays a list of icons that I can turn on and off to appear in the task bar vs the system tray.

There is an app I use CapsLock indicator, which every time I upgrade to a newer version, adds to this list. So now I have 4 copies.

Where is this list stored and how can I remove items from the list?

 

Mail & Edge won't appear along taskbar & no icons are appearing for either.

Hi Ramon

I have run the SFC and a clean boot as you suggest but the problem persists.

Another little example of the problem is I opened the Calculator app for use recently, and upon minimising it the icon did not appear on the taskbar below and so Calculator became no longer retrievable from that point.

I have now managed to pin the Mail app to the taskbar, but this was only achieved by finding an old email and opening it through Mail which was set as the default program. Mail still does not appear in the programs list.

Any further suggestions?